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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Awliscombe, Devon

Awliscombe is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Devon

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BISHOP254.681666.99
RADFORD224.1199217.18
PRING162.9963655.74
CLARKE152.809013.86
DYER142.621767.67
CONNETT112.05991,718.75
HARRIS101.87277.37
WILLS101.872762.66
FOWLER91.685429.52
COLE91.685418.50
CARNELL91.6854555.56
HAWKINS91.685423.28
WEBBER91.685455.15
NORTHCOTT91.6854371.90
STUDLEY91.68541,168.83
NORTHAM91.6854918.37
GAGE81.4981266.67
NEWTON71.310917.11
PAGE71.310916.40
BAILEY71.31098.70
MORGAN71.31096.59
LOVERIDGE71.3109364.58
CORNER71.3109180.41
ROSIER71.3109686.27
MULLENS61.1236869.57
DUNSFORD61.1236750.00
MADGE61.1236355.03
KNIGHT61.12369.12
CHARD61.1236198.68
DART61.1236241.94
SANDERS61.123624.78
CARTER61.12366.69
DARE61.1236259.74
REED50.936312.83
BRADFORD50.936348.03
WRIGHT50.93632.92
STEER50.936380.13
ACKLAND50.9363284.09
BOLT50.9363129.53
CLAPP50.9363251.26
PEARCY40.7491396.04
JARMAN40.749178.59
HODGE40.749129.72
WATTS40.74918.93
LOCK30.561819.74
EVELEIGH30.5618201.34
GOLDSWORTHY30.5618136.36
WHITE30.56181.75
ROWLAND30.561819.76
HALL30.56181.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CONNETT0.535341718.7500
STUDLEY0.535341168.8312
NORTHAM0.53534918.3673
MULLENS0.53534869.5652
DUNSFORD0.53534750.0000
ROSIER0.53534686.2745
PRING0.53534655.7377
KIBBY0.53534645.1613
CARNELL0.53534555.5556
PRINN0.53534476.1905
PEARCY0.53534396.0396
HAYMES0.53534384.6154
NORTHCOTT0.53534371.9008
LOVERIDGE0.53534364.5833
MADGE0.53534355.0296
ACKLAND0.53534284.0909
GAGE0.53534266.6667
DARE0.53534259.7403
CLAPP0.53534251.2563
DART0.53534241.9355
RADFORD0.53534217.1767
EVELEIGH0.53534201.3423
CHARD0.53534198.6755
KENDLE0.53534181.8182
CORNER0.53534180.4124
PENBERTHY0.53534166.6667
GOLDSWORTHY0.53534136.3636
APLIN0.53534135.1351
DOBLE0.53534130.7190
BOLT0.53534129.5337
FURSE0.53534126.5823
CHOWN0.53534119.7605
EWENS0.53534103.0928
HAWKINGS0.53534101.0101
SWEETING0.5353493.4579
AYERS0.5353493.4579
SILVERWOOD0.5353487.7193
MELLISH0.5353487.7193
BURROUGH0.5353486.2069
STEER0.5353480.1282
JARMAN0.5353478.5855
TURPIN0.5353469.6864
DYER0.5353467.6655
BISHOP0.5353466.9882
FARRANT0.5353463.0915
WILLS0.5353462.6566
TROTT0.5353456.9801
PIDGEON0.5353456.1798
WEBBER0.5353455.1471
BRADFORD0.5353448.0307

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called CONNETT in Awliscombe at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1718.7500 in Awliscombe means that 1718.7500% of the people in Awliscombe on census day were called CONNETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CONNETT in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called CONNETT as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called CONNETT here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called CONNETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Awliscombe means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CONNETT in Awliscombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Awliscombe in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOTT (1)  ACKLAND (5)  ANTHONY (1)  APLIN (2)  BAILEY (7)  BAKER (2)  BANKS (1)  BERRY (1)  BISHOP (25)  BLACK (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOLT (5)  BOWDAGE (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRADBEER (6)  BRADFORD (5)  BREWER (1)  BROOM (1)  BURROUGH (1)  BUSH (1)  CANNIFORD (1)  CARNELL (9)  CARTER (6)  CHANNON (4)  CHARD (6)  CHOWN (2)  CLAPP (5)  CLARKE (15)  COLE (9)  COLMAN (1)  COLLINS (1)  CONNETT (11)  CORNER (7)  COX (1)  DARE (6)  DART (6)  DAVEY (2)  DOBLE (2)  DRAPER (1)  DUNSFORD (6)  DYER (14)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVELIEGH (5)  EVELEIGH (3)  EWENS (1)  AYERS (3)  FARRANT (2)  FOWLER (9)  FURSE (1)  GAGE (8)  GILBERT (1)  GILL (3)  GOLDSWORTHY (3)  GOLESWORTHY (1)  GOSLING (1)  GOULD (2)  GREEN (1)  HALL (3)  HAYMES (1)  HARRIS (10)  HAWKINS (9)  HAWKINGS (1)  HAINES (3)  HAYTON (1)  HICKS (1)  HODGE (4)  HOOPER (3)  HORSWELL (1)  JAMES (1)  JARMAN (4)  KEMPTHORNE (2)  KENDLE (1)  KIBBY (2)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LOCK (3)  LOVERIDGE (7)  MADGE (6)  MALE (1)  MARKS (3)  MELLISH (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MONK (1)  MORGAN (7)  MULLENS (6)  NEWBERRY (1)  NEWMAN (3)  NEWTON (7)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORTH (1)  NORTHAM (9)  NORTHCOTT (9)  PADY (11)  PAGE (7)  PARRIFF (1)  PARSONS (1)  PENBERTHY (1)  PIDGEON (1)  PEARCY (4)  PYLE (1)  PRING (16)  PRINN (1)  RABJOHNS (8)  RADFORD (22)  REED (5)  ROSIER (7)  ROWLAND (3)  RUTTER (2)  SANDERS (6)  SILVERWOOD (1)  SPARKS (2)  STARR (1)  STEER (5)  STUDLEY (9)  SUMMERS (1)  SWEETING (2)  TAWLE (1)  TOGOOD (5)  TOTTERDELL (6)  TROTT (2)  TUCK (2)  TUCKER (2)  TURPIN (2)  VINCENT (1)  WATTS (4)  WEBBER (9)  WHITE (3)  WILKINS (1)  WILLESFORD (3)  WILLMINGTON (5)  WILMINGTON (1)  WILLS (10)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (1)